What would happen to a wheel if you run it at the speed of sound? Russian machinists at Garage 54 decided to find out: they put together a 2.5-liter 200 horsepower Toyota engine with automatic transmission, then hooked it up to a wheel and sent it rotating at 828 mph (1332 kph).Once the wheel broke the speed of sound, the tire exploded!via <a href="https://jalopnik.com/watch-a-tire-break-the-sound-barrier-at-827-mph-then-ex-1847176336" class="on">Jalopnik</a>​#Mach1 #speedofsound #tire #wheel #garage54

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